Notes:Federal Hill Street

Source:Squirrel-hill:

• p. 14: "The Girty-Turner family was the most historically notable and perhaps the earliest of the area's settlers. Simon Girty Sr., an Irish emigrant and trader in central Pennsylvania, married Mary Newton and had four sons—Thomas, Simon, James, and George. After her husband's death, Mary Girty married John Turner and had another son, John Turner Jr. After living through Native American raids, captivity, and another widowhood, the mother and sons were reunited in 1765, and they settled in the Squirrel Hill area. Mary Girty-Turner lived in a log house near Beechwood Boulevard and Hazelwood Avenue. Shown here is the cabin of her son John Turner. Built c. 1778, it was occupied until at least 1929, when this photograph was taken. The cabin was located on Loretta Street near Frank Street."
• p. 15: "When Mary Girty-Turner died, she was buried not far away on Turner land. In 1838, two years before he died at 85, John Turner deeded to the community the land that surrounded the graveyard. Turner and his wife, Susanna, were buried there with other early settlers. It was called the Turner Cemetery and is adjacent to the Mary S. Brown Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, on Beechwood Boulevard. ¶ John Turner had considerable land. He purchased 154 acres early and supposedly 19 more tracts. His farm produced well. He knew the needs of Fort Duquesne and planted only those crops that he could sell to the garrison. His land, called Federal Hill, survives as a street name next to the Turner Cemetery."